Lower Body Tips: 4 Ways to Beat Knee Pain Workout Video

Prevent knee pain and move better with these exercises for stronger knees. In this 2-minute video, you will learn four moves to strengthen the muscles around the knee joint to reduce the stress on your knees and avoid injury. Stop complaining about knee pain and join Prevention fitness expert Chris Freytag in Lower Body Tips: 4 Ways to Beat Knee Pain .

Start with side lying leg lifts. Lie on your side with your legs straight together and flex your feet. Use your arm to support your head. Raise the top leg to about shoulder height, hold it and lower. Repeat with both legs and add ankle weights secured above the knee for a bigger challenge. Remain on your side for inner thigh leg lifts. Bend the top leg so that your foot is flat on the floor. Lift the lower leg two to five inches off the floor and lower. Repeat with the other leg. Next, try a straight leg raise. Sit up straight, sitting against a wall if you need to protect your lower back if needed. Bend one leg, slowly flexing the other as you lift it about 12 inches off the floor. Hold for a second, and then lower. Do this several times with both legs.

Stay in the same position for the last exercise of short arc knee extensions. Grab a basketball and place it under your knee. Lift your leg from the knee and bring it back down; repeat with other leg. Complete 10 to 12 reps of each exercise three times a week to ease knee pain and strengthen and protect your knees.

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